Sep
2009
Articles from 18th Sep 2009
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Balfour’s huge deal in States
Sep 18 2009 | Business News
THE UK’s biggest construction firm has advanced plans to become a ‘one-stop-shop’ global infrastructure giant with a £380m deal to buy a major US project manager. Read
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Corus strike ballot
Sep 18 2009 | Business News
THOUSANDS of workers at steel giant Corus are to be balloted for industrial action in protest at the closure of the firm’s final salary pension scheme to new entrants. Read
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Taxi boss in the fast lane
Sep 18 2009 | Business News
TAXI entrepreneur Mohammed Bashir has expanded his business after acquiring a new site in Thornaby. Read
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Online future looking brighter
Sep 18 2009 | Business News
E-MARKETING firm Infoserve Group is confident of breaking into the black next year as it delivered an upbeat trading update. Read
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Publishing firm is ready for e-book revolution
Sep 18 2009 | Business News
A NORTH East publishing firm aims to be among the first wave to benefit from a predicted explosion in the e-book market once new technology makes it more accessible to readers. Read
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Jack Byron follows in his father’s footsteps
Sep 18 2009 | Business News
A YOUNG entrepreneur is taking a leaf out of his father’s book by starting up a business aiming to profit from the North East’s love of nostalgia. Read
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Car dealer Benfield’s profits up despite downturn
Sep 18 2009 | Business News
THE region’s largest independent car dealer has kept hold of its profits during the “worst year in living memory” for the motor trade and it now says it is poised for growth. Read
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Manufacturers order books remain depressed
Sep 18 2009 | Business News
MANUFACTURERS reported depressed order books for the 15th month in a row during August, according to the CBI. Read
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B&Q owner Kingfisher builds on profits
Sep 18 2009 | Business News
B&Q owner Kingfisher has said measures to help its UK and Ireland business were paying off after it reported a 35% rise in half-year profits. Read
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Retail sector slow to recover from the recession
Sep 18 2009 | Business News
A FALL in the fortunes of big UK retailers in results yesterday appears to show that the recovery of retail sales is slowing as the effects of the recession drag on. Read
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Turbines stay private
Sep 18 2009 | Evening Gazette Business News
ENERGY Minister Ed Miliband has rejected calls to nationalise UK wind turbine manufacturing. Announcing a £4.4m grant for Clipper Windpower’s Britannia Project to build the world’s largest turbine blade prototype in the North-east, Mr Miliband faced calls for the Government to nationalise the recently closed Vestas factory on the Isle of Wight and restore 600 lost jobs. But the minister said he did not believe governments should run wind turbine factories. Read
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Breaking Tees Valley business news
Sep 18 2009 | Evening Gazette Business News
TEESSIDE’S new digital powerhouse has secured tenancy agreements with two creative firms from the south of England. Read
